Olivera Katarina
Olivera Katarina Оливера Катарина | |
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Birth name | Olivera Petrović |
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Years active | 1964–present |
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Website | http://oliverakatarina.weebly.com/ |
Olivera Katarina (née Petrović; Serbian Cyrillic: Оливера Катарина, née Петровић; born 5 March 1940), also previously known as Olivera Vučo (Serbian Cyrillic: Оливера Вучо) and Olivera Šakić (Serbian Cyrillic: Оливера Шакић), is a Serbian actress, singer and writer. She was one of the leading stars of Yugoslav cinema in the 1960s and the 1970s, and is probably the best known for her performance in Aleksandar Petrović's film I Even Met Happy Gypsies (1967), which won the Grand Prix at the 1967 Cannes Film Festival.
As a singer, Olivera Katarina has performed music of various genres, varying from
Early life
Olivera Katarina was born Olivera Petrović to father Budimir, a naval captain, and mother Katarina (
As a child, Olivera Katarina attended
Career
She studied at the academy for theater, film, radio and television in Belgrade. Started her career as a student with a major role as Koštana in a same name play in a National Theater in Belgrade. There she met Vuk Vučo, a theater critic whom she later married.
For a role in
She also had a very prominent singing career. She recorded in
In 1969, she participated in the national choice to represent Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969 with the song "Poigraj, poigraj, devojče".
Olivera Katarina is also known as "the only woman Salvador Dalí knelt in front of", being amazed by her beauty and voice, after her concert in Paris.[citation needed]
In 2007, Katarina contributed songs for Marina Abramović's Balkan Erotic Epic, and portrays a goddess in Uroš Stojanović's film Čarlston za Ognjenku.
Personal life
In her early youth Olivera Katarina dated water polo goalkeeper Milan Muškatirović for several years during the late 1950s.
During her time at the film academy she met journalist Vuk Vučo and quickly married him. The marriage lasted only a year and a half.
She then for seven years lived in a common-law relationship with the powerful Yugoslav Security Service (
In 1970, Olivera Katarina married Miladin Šakić, an administrator who later became the president of the
Filmography
Title | Year | Role | Notes |
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Dobra kob | 1964 | Keti | |
Belo u belom | 1964 | Unknown | Television film |
One i on | 1964 | Unknown | Television film |
Put oko sveta | 1964 | Rebeka | |
Akcija inspektora Rukavine | 1965 | Unknown | Television film |
Sigurno je sigurno | 1965 | Unknown | Television film |
Ponoćni gost | 1965 | Unknown | Television film |
Roj | 1966 | Ljubica | |
Monday or Tuesday Ponedeljak ili utorak |
1966 | Marko's lover | |
Kiss Kiss, Kill Kill Kommissar X – Jagd auf Unbekannt |
1966 | Bobo | |
The Dream San |
1966 | Girl | |
I Even Met Happy Gypsies Skupljači perja |
1967 | Lenče | |
Mountain of Wrath Planina gneva |
1968 | Olivera | |
Ima ljubavi, nema ljubavi | 1968 | Unknown | |
Comandamenti per un gangster | 1968 | Unknown | |
Do Not Mention the Cause of Death Uzrok smrti ne pominjati |
1968 | Marija | |
Fräulein Doktor | 1968 | Marchioness de Haro | |
Wien nach Noten | 1969 | Unknown | Television film |
The Soldier Vojnik |
1970 | Milanka | Filmed in 1966 |
Mark of the Devil Hexen bis aufs Blut gequält |
1970 | Vanessa Benedikt | |
Ann and Eve Ann och Eve – de erotiska |
1970 | Singer | |
A Big Grey-Blue Bird Ein großer graublauer Vogel |
1971 | Diana | |
Goya or the Hard Way to Enlightenment Goya – oder Der arge Weg der Erkenntnis |
1971 | The Duchess of Alba | |
Devičanska svirka | 1973 | Sibila | Television film |
Polen Dust Polenov prah |
1974 | Unknown | |
The Dervish and Death Derviš i smrt |
1974 | Kadinica | |
Hell River Partizani |
1974 | Mila | Also known as Tactical Guerrilla |
Hell River Partizani |
1974 | Mila | TV miniseries adapted from the film |
Crveni udar | 1974 | Ana | |
Zarudela zora na Moravi | 1978 | Woman | Television short film |
Sedam plus sedam | 1979 | Olivera | Television series |
Jelena Gavanski | 1982 | Lina | Television film |
Vuk Karadžić | 1987 | Eustahija Radovanović | TV series |
Tears for Sale Čarlston za Ognjenku |
2008 | Velika Boginja |
Discography
Studio albums
- Olivera Katarina (1974)
- Alaj mi je večeras po volji (1974)
- O. K. (U ime ljubavi) (1976)
- Ciganske pesme (1977)
- Osvetnica (1979)
- Zarudela zora na Moravi (1980)
- Idu momci u vojnike (1982)
- Retka zverka (1984)
- Romanija/Pleme moje... (1999)
- Tajna (2009)
Compilation albums
- Alaj mi je večeras po volji – Najlepše pesme (1999)
Singles
- "Nije to, ljudi, istina" / "Šošana" / "'Ajde da igramo" / "Ne dam, ne dam" (1966)
- "Ja ništa ne znam" / "Bosonoga Sendi (Marioneta)" / "Moj je ceo svet (Uno Tranquillo)" / "A Man and a WomanTheme Song" (1967)
- "Neću tebe (Doksa to teo)" / "Suliram" / "Svu noć je padao sneg" / "Jer ljubav to je miris belog cveća" (1967)
- "Đelem, đelem" / "Rino" / "Trajo, trajo" / "Bida" / "Niška Banja" / "Čerde Mile" (1967)
- "Balade" (1968)
- "Poigraj, poigraj, devojče" (1969)
- "Himna čoveku" (1969)
- "Šu, šu" / "Tula" / "Baš sam srećna ja (La felicidad)" / "Eri (Irene Erini)" (1969)
- "Ža, ža" / "Lidu, lidu" / "Verka kaluđerka" / "Kaljina, maljina" (1969)
- "To je naše more, to su naše gore..." (1971)
- "Vatra" / "Ljubav" (1971)
- "Budi moj" / "Imam nešto da ti dam" (1971)
- "Tam deka ima" / "Dimitrijo" (1971)
- "Treperi jedno veče" / "Htela bih da znam" (1972)
- "Wakamono ha kaeranakatta" / "Koi ha..." (1973)
- "Alba" / "Plovi lađa Dunavom" (1973)
- "Ne dodiruj moje lice" / "Ne reci nikom" (1974)
- "Pričaj mi o ljubavi" / "Pada noć" (1974)
- "Alaj mi je večeras po volji" / "Kamerav" / "Čep, čep u slavinu" / "Verka kaluđerka" (1975)
- "Žena" / "Sada i nikada više" (1975)
- "Sanjam" / "Bilo je tako lepo sve" (1976)
- "Crvena jabuka" / "Sijerinska banja" (1977)
- "Nikad ne zaboravi dane naše ljubavi" / "Slatke male laži" (1979)
Bibliography
- Beli badnjaci (White Yules)
- Aristokratsko stopalo (Aristocratic Foot)
References
- ^ Pašćan, Mirjana. "Lična karta – Olivera Katarina". Puls (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
- ^ a b "Olivera Katarina". Sećanja.com (in Serbian). 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
- ^ a b "Olivera Katarina: Biografija". Prva Olivera Katarina (in Serbian). Retrieved 19 September 2013.
- ^ a b Mašojević, Danilo (3 January 2010). "Olivera Katarina: Izabrala sam večnu samoću". Story (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
- Blic(in Serbian). Retrieved 19 September 2013.
- ^ Milojković, Simonida (19 May 2011). "Olivera Katarina: Izabrala sam život u samoći" (in Serbian). Retrieved 19 September 2013.
External links
- Olivera Katarina at IMDb